CURRICULUM VITAE
Hare, John E.
Degrees: Princeton University Program in Classical Philosophy, Ph.D. 1975; Watkins Fellowship Balliol College, Oxford Honours Literae Humaniores, B.A. 1971 (First)
Appointments: Yale University, Yale Divinity School Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, 2003
Calvin College Professor, 1989-2003
Lehigh University Instructor, 1974 Assistant Professor, 1975-1981 Associate Professor, 1981-1987 Professor, 1987
University of Michigan Visiting Assistant Professor, 1975
Medical College of Pennsylvania Visiting Fellow in the Humanities, 1978-1981
American Philosophical Association Congressional Fellow, 1981-1982
Staff Associate, House Foreign Affairs Committee Washington, DC, 1982-1983
Teacher, Tyndale-Biscoe Memorial High School, Kashmir (India) 1966-7
Lectureships, Fellowships and Prizes: Senior Fellowship, Center for Philosophy of Religion, Notre Dame, 2008- 09, and Plantinga Lecture 2008. Gifford Lecturer, 2005 Calvin Lecturer, 1999-2000 Stob Lecturer, Calvin College, October 1999 Senior Fellowship, Center for Philosophy of Religion and Erasmus Institute, Notre Dame 1998-99 Institute for Advanced Christian Studies (IFACS) Book Prize, 1997 Pew Evangelical Fellowship, 1991-92 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, (Lehigh University) 1981 Elected Honorary Member Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
1. Evidence of Professional Achievement
a. Publications
(1) Books
God and Morality: A Philosophical History, (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007)
Por Que Ser Bom?, (Editoria Vida, 2002, translation of Why Bother Being Good?)
Why Bother Being Good?, (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, April 2002)
God’s Call, (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2001. Paperback 2001)
The Moral Gap, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Paperback 1997)
Ethics and International Affairs, (London: MacMillan, 1982), with Carey B. Joynt.
Plato's Euthyphro, (Bryn Mawr, 1981; 2nd edition with revisions 1985).
(2) Articles
62) ‘Moral Motivation,’ in Games, Groups, and the Global Good, ed. Simon Levin, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2009, 181-93.
61) ‘The Supervenience of Goodness on Being,’ in Metaphysics and God, ed. Kevin Timpe, New York: Routledge, 2009, 143-56.
60) ‘Interview with Professor John Hare,’ David Leimbach, Aporia vol. 27 no.1, 2009, 16-20.
59) ‘Is Moral Goodness without Belief in God Rationally Stable?’, in Is Goodness without God Good Enough?, ed. Robert Garcia and Nathan King, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 2009, 85-99.
58) ‘Prescriptive Realism’, Realism and Religion, ed. Andrew Moore and Michael Scott, Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2007, 83-101.
57) ‘Thorns’ in Prospect, vol 2, spring 2007.
56) ‘Kant and Depravity’, Philosophia Christi vol. 9, no. 1, 2007, 21-27.
55) ‘Religion and Morality’, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 18,000 words, Sept. 2006.
54) ‘God’s Commands and Moral Realism’, in The Doctrine of God and Theological Ethics, ed. Alan J. Torrance and Michael Banner, London: T & T Clark, 2006, 55-70.
53) Reprint of 52, in Philosophy of Religion, ed. Melville Stewart and Xing Taotao, Peking: Peking University Press, 2005, 513-29.
52) ‘On Recognizing our Duties as God’s Commands’, Moralische Motivation. Kant und die Alternativen, Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag, 2006, 275-85.
51) ‘Prescriptive Realism’, Philosophia Reformata, 71 (2006), 14- 30.
50) ‘Kant on the Rational Instability of Atheism’, in Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion, ed. Chris L. Firestone and Stephen R. Palmquist, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006, 62-78.
49) ‘Kant on the Rational Instability of Atheism’, in God and the Ethics of Belief, ed. Andrew Dole and Andrew Chignell, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, 202-18.
48) ‘Evolutionary Naturalism and Reducing the Demand of Justice’, in Religion and the Liberal Polity, ed. Terence Cuneo, Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005, 74- 94.
47) ‘Is Er Een Evolutionaire Basis Voor Moral?’, Beweging 69: 1, 2005, 28-33. (translation of 45)
46) ‘Politics and Salt’, in Reflections, Yale Divinity School, Fall 2004, 21-23.
45) ‘Is There an Evolutionary Foundation for Human Morality?’ in Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective, ed. Philip Clayton and Jeffrey Schloss, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2004, 187-203.
44) ‘Immanuel Kant’ in Key Thinkers in Christianity, ed. Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason and Hugh Pyper, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, 92-97. (reprint of 35)
43) ‘Christian Scholarship and Human Responsibility’, in Christian Scholarship...for What?, ed. Susan Felch, Calvin College, 2003, pp 51-69.
42) ‘Kantian Moral Education and Service-Learning’ in Commitment and Connection: Service-Learning and Christian Higher Education, ed. Gail Heffner and Claudia Beversluis, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2002, 73-95.
41) ‘R. M. Hare: a Memorial Address’, in Utilitas, vol 14 no 3, 2002, 306-8.
40) ‘Being Good’, Mars Hill Audio Journal vol. 57, July/August 2002.
39) ‘The Virtue of Hope’, Christian Reflection, vol. 3, 2002, p. 18- 23.
38) ‘Morality and God’, vol. 13 no. 2, papers published by the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, West Michigan University, March 2001.
37) ‘Duns Scotus on Morality and Nature’, Medieval Philosophy and Theology, 9: 1, 2001, 1-39.
36) ‘Kant’, Oxford Companion to Christian Thought, 5000 words, Oxford: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, 365-366.
35) ‘Naturalism and Morality’ in Naturalism: A Critical Appraisal, ed. William L. Craig and J. P. Moreland, London: Routledge, 2000, 189-211.
34) ‘Kant on Recognizing our Duties as God’s Commands’, Faith and Philosophy, Vol. 17 No. 4, October 2000, 487-505.
33) Essay Review of Christine Korsgaard’s Creating the Kingdom of Ends and The Sources of Normativity, in Faith and Philosophy, vol. 17 No. 3, July 2000, 371-83.
32) ‘Kant’s Divine Command Theory and its Reception within Analytic Philosophy’, in D. Z. Phillips and Timothy Tessin, ed., Kant and Kierkegaard on Religion, London: Macmillan, 2000, 263-77.
31) ‘Moral Misdeeds: What’s Private? What’s Public?’, The Banner, 13 Sept. 1999, 14-16.
30) ‘Augustine, Kant, and the Moral Gap’, in The Augustinian Tradition, ed. Gareth B. Matthews, University of California Press, 1999, pp 251-62.
29) Autonomie de l'Ethique" (3000 words) in Dictionnaire de Theologie, ed. Jean-Yves Lacoste, Presses Universitaires de France 1998.
28) ‘Why Bertrand Russell Was Not a Christian’ (Essay Review of Ray Monk’s Bertrand Russell), Books and Culture, May/June 1997, 26-28.
27) ‘Atonement, Justification, and Sanctification’ (3000 words) in A Companion to the Philosophy of Religion , ed. Philip Quinn and Charles Taliaferro, Blackwell, 1997, pp. 549-555.
26) ‘Kantian Ethics, International Politics and the Enlargement of the Foedus Pacificum’, in Sovereignty at the Crossroads, Rowman & Littlefield 1996, pp. 71-92.
25) ‘The Unhappiest Man’ in Kierkegaard's Either/Or, International Kierkegaard Commentary, Mercer Press, 1995, pp. 91-108.
24) ‘The History of Christian Ethics’ (4000 words) in New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology, ed. David Kingon, InterVarsity Press, 1995, pp. 33-42.
23) ‘The Atonement’, Perspectives, May 1995, pp. 16-18.
22) ‘The Invitation’, poem. Dialogue March/April 1995, p. 8.
21) ‘Commercial Contracts and the Moral Contract’ in Christian Scholar's Review 1994, Vol. XXIII no.3, 259-266.
20) ‘Puffing up the Capacity’, in Journal of Philosophical Research, 1994 Vol. XIX, 75-88.
19) ‘Government, Ethics in’, in Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Lawrence C. Becker, 1992, pp. 412-416. Revised 1997.
18) ‘The Atonement; How does Christ Bridge the Gap?’ in The Banner, April 13, 1992, 4-6.
17) ‘Jackie Kennedy and the Seven Dwarfs’ in Dialogue, April/May 1991,Vol. 23 no. 6, 20-31.
16) ‘The Problem of Evil’ and
15) ‘The Argument from Religious Experience’ in Evidence for Faith, ed. Louis D. Whitworth and J. Warwick Montgomery. Dallas: Probe, 1990, 231-252 and 253-273.
14) ‘Eleutheriotes in Aristotle's Ethics’ in Ancient Philosophy, Spring 1988, pp. 19-32.
13) ‘Il Movimento Hospice e L'accettazione della Morte,’ Progressi Clinici: Medicina Vol. 3, No. 3, 1988, 137-140. (translation of 5)
12) ‘Commentary on Timothy J. Brennan,’ “Academic Disciplines and Representative Advocacy," Business and Professional Ethics Journal Vol. 6 No.1, 1988, 56-62.
11) ‘Aristotelian Justice and the Pull to Consensus,’ in International Journal of Applied Ethics. Vol. 3 Spring 1989. No. 3, 37-49.
10) ‘Nuclear Deterrence as Bluff,’ with J. Ralph Lindgren, in Political Realism and International Morality: Ethics in the Nuclear Age, (Boulder: Westview Press, 1987), 144-152.
9) ‘Credibility and Bluff,’ in Avner Cohen and Steven Lee, ed. Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity, (Totowa; Rowman and Allanheld, 1986), pp. 191-199.
8) ‘Philosophy in the Legislative Process,’ International Journal of Applied Ethics, Vol. 2, No. 2, (Fall, 1984), pp. 81-88.
7) ‘Threats and Intentions,’ Evangelical Perspectives on the Catholic Bishops' Pastoral Letter, ed. Dean Curry, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984), pp. 139-157.
6) ‘The Unfinished Business of the Peace Process in the Middle East,’ Report of Congressional Study Mission to Europe and the Middle East, November 1982, House Foreign Affairs Committee, 97th Congress, 2nd session.
5) ‘The Hospice Movement and the Acceptance of Death,’ Hospice U.S.A., ed. by Austin H. Kutscher, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1983), pp. 9-17.
4) ‘The Apology as an Inverted Parody of Rhetoric,’ with Douglas Feaver, Arethusa, 14.2. (Fall, 1981), pp. 205-216.
3) ‘The Limits of Paternalism in Emergency Care,’ Hastings Center Report, with John Clarke and John Sorenson, (December, 1980), pp. 120 122.
2) ‘The Denial of Death in Philosophy and Therapy,’ Care Giving in the Community Hospital, ed. by S.G. Wolf, (New York: Arno Press, 1981), pp. 55-62.
1) ‘Aristotle and the Definition of Natural Things,’ Phronesis, Vol 24, 1979, pp. 168-79.
Compositions Published
‘Magnificat’ and ‘Nunc Dimittis’, for Choir and Organ, Chicago: GIA, 2002.
(3) Reviews of Kant on God, Peter Byrne, in Conversations in Religion and Theology, May, 2009, 71-79, with author’s response.
of Divine Motivation Theory, Linda Zagzebski, Notre Dame Review, January 2005.
of An Essay on Divine Authority, Mark Murphy, Mind 113, 450 (2004), 375-79.
of The Moral Interpretation of Religion, Peter Byrne and Religion and Morality: an Introduction, Paul W. Diener, in Studies in Christian Ethics, vol. 12, no. 2, 1999, 74-78.
of Kierkegaard and the Limits of the Ethical, Anthony Rudd Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 8, no. 1, 1995, pp 138-143.
of Kant's Philosophy of Religion Reconsidered, Philip J. Rossi and Michael Wreen eds. in Faith and Philosophy, Vol. 11, no. 1, January 1994, pp. 138-144.
of Just War and the Gulf War, James Turner Johnson and George Weigel, in Calvin Theological Journal, Vol. 28, no. 2, November 1993, pp. 473-476.
of Lines in the Sand, Alan Geyer and Barbara G. Green, in Calvin Theological Journal, Vol. 27, no. 2, November 1992.
of Christian Faith, Health and Medical Practice, Hessel Bouma III et al., in Reformed Journal, Fall 1990 and in Spark, September 1990.
of Morality and the Relations of States, Terry Nardin Princeton, 1983 in Philosophical Books, (Fall, 1984).
of The Moral Foundations of Professional Ethics, Alan H. Goldman, Rowman and Littlefield, 1980 in Journal of Religious Ethics, (Fall, 1984).
(4) Books and Articles Accepted for Publication
Kant on Depravity,’ in Kant on Practical Justification, ed Sorin Baiasu, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
‘Goodness’ in Blackwell Companion to Philosophical Theology, 2010.
‘More than Matter,’ debate with Peter Singer, Veritas, 2010.
‘Animal Sacrifices’ in My Ways Are Not Your Ways, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
‘Can we be good without God?’, in Collected Papers from Calvin Lectureship, 2007.
‘Kant, Barth and Evangelicalism,’ conference at Princeton Seminary, 2007, and volume 2008
‘Atonement and Mutuality,’ Difficult Texts, YDS 2007.
‘Divine Command Morality’, ‘Duty’, ‘Ethics’, ‘Ethics and Morality, Relation of’, ‘Moral Philosophy’, ‘Morality’, ‘Obligation’, ‘Kantian Ethics’, in Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics, ed. James Childress
b. Papers, Addresses
Off Campus ‘Can We Be Good without God?’, Gordon College, March 2006.
‘Morality and God’, ‘Three Spiritual Dangers of the Academic Life’, and ‘Kant and the Rational Instability of Atheism’, University of Iowa, February 2006.
‘Divine Command Theory and Moral Realism’, Eastern Division APA, December 2005.
‘Kant on Depravity’ and ‘Response to Steve Evans’ at AAR, November 2005
‘One Trajectory in Christian Ethics’ and ‘Christian Ethics and Christian Doctrine’, Gifford Lectures, Glasgow, September 2005.
‘Prescriptive Realism’, Society of Reformational Philosophy, Netherlands, August 2005.
‘God and Mammon’, Sermon at St. John’s Episcopal Church, October 2005.
‘Kant and the Rational Instability of Atheism’, Society of Christian Philosophers, Oxford, August 2003.
‘Goodness and God’, Xinghua University, China, September 2002.
Debate on Public TV (WGRV) with head of Grand Rapids Association for Free Thought, April 2002.
‘Can we be good without God?’ and ‘Can we be good with God?’, Baylor University, April 2002.
‘The First Sentence of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics’, Baylor University, November 2001.
‘The History of the Central Division’, panel member, American Philosophical Association, Central Division, May 2001.
‘Evolutionary Ethics and the Reduction of the Ethical Demand’, plenary paper for Society for Christian Philosophers, Westmont College, April 2001.
Reply to Lara Denis, in panel on Kant’s views of Atheism, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, April 2001.
‘Morality and God’, University of Illinois at Champagne, Urbana, February 2001.
‘Morality and God’, and ‘Recognizing Our Duties as God’s Commands’, West Michigan University, January 2001.
‘Kant on Recognizing Our Duties as God’s Commands’, invited paper for American Catholic Philosophers Association, November 2000.
The Calvin Lectureship. 1999-2000: three papers at each of the following: University of New Brunswick, University of Michigan, University of Guelph, Yale University, Schloss Mittersill, L’Abri, University of Cambridge, University of West Michigan.
‘Naturalism and Reducing the Ethical Demand’, conference on the Nature of Naturalism, Baylor University, April 2000.
‘Kant on Recognizing Our duties as God’s Commands’, invited paper for North American Kant Society, Eastern Division APA, December 2000.
‘Morality and Nature in Duns Scotus’, Wheaton Philosophy conference, Conference, October 2000.
‘Morality and Nature in Duns Scotus’, conference on Franciscan Philosophy, Steubenville, September 2000.
“The Poetry of George Herbert’, led three day retreat at Little Pond, Summer 1999.
‘How to be a Moral Realist and an Expressivist at the Same Time’, Notre Dame, 1999.
‘Scotus on Morality and Nature’, Conference on Contemporary Philosophy and the Franciscan Tradition, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 1999.
‘Kant’s Divine Command Theory’, Northern Illinois University, 1998.
‘Can We Be Morally Good’, three class periods at Xiamen University, People’s Republic of China. ‘Same Sex Relations and the Argument from Complementarity’, Society of Christian Philosophers’ Conference at Calvin College, April 1997.
‘Moral Faith and Atonement’ and ‘Kant’ at Valparaiso University, January 1997.
Keynote Speaker, Wheaton Philosophy Conference ‘Moral Faith and Providence’, ‘Moral Faith and Atonement’, 1996. ‘God's Supplement’, Wheaton Philosophy Conference, October 1993.
‘Puffing Up The Capacity’, APA Central Division, April 1993. Reply to H. Hart ‘An Ethos of Compassion’, ICS Toronto, June 1992.
Report on work done on Pew Grant, Stowe, Vermont, June 1992.
‘Forgiveness’, APA Central Division, April 1992.
‘The Possibility of Goodness’, Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Association featured paper March 1992; Trinity College, Chicago, March 1992; University of Michigan GCF, March 1992.
‘The Possibility of Goodness’, Adult Sunday School at Eastern Avenue CRC, 5 sessions, January 1992.
‘The Divine Supplement: Kant's Theory of the Atonement’, APA Central Division, April 1991.
‘The Oregon Initiative’, Alliance for Health, March 1991.
‘Should The U.S. Plan to Assassinate Saddam Hussein’, Firing Line, Public TV, November 1990.
‘Moral Particularity’, APA Central Division, April 1990.
‘Is Nuclear Deterrence Heresy’, Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton, NJ 1989.
‘Abortion’, First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, PA 1988.
‘Is Justice the Characteristic Virtue of Politicians,’ Wheaton College, Fall, 1985; University of Florida, Jan. 1986.
‘Consensus in a Democracy,’ for ‘Pregnancy/Future Shock, Ethical Dilemmas of the New Technologies’, St. Luke's Hospital, April 1986.
‘The Morality of Nuclear Weapons,’ Amintaphil Meeting, Fall 1984 with J. Ralph Lindgren.
‘The APA Congressional Fellowship,’ Eastern Division APA, December 1983.
‘The Morality of Deterrence and the Bishops' Letter,’ Albright College, December 1983 and Franklin and Marshall College, October 1983.
‘The Philosopher in the Legislative Process,’ and ‘The Philosopher as Witness,’ University of Florida, Gainsville, April 1983.
‘The Morality of Deterrence,’ Messiah College, March 1983.
‘The Administration's Arms Control Program,’ Georgetown University, March 1983, debate with Keith Payne.
‘Philosophers Working for Congress’, All Things Considered, March 1983.
‘Plato's Second Part of the Soul,’ reply to John Cooper, Rutgers, 1981.
‘Dispassionate and Compassionate Skills in the Hospital Context,’ Medical College of Pennsylvania, Humanities Grand Rounds, 1979.
‘Aristotle's View of Moral Responsibility,’ reply to Urmson, University of Minnesota, 1977.
‘Aristotle on Weakness of the Will,’ University of Michigan, 1975.
On Campus
‘Modern Moral Philosophy and the Goal of Religious Neutrality,’ Rivendell Lecture at Law School, Spring 2007.
Panel on ‘a Flock of Dodos’, Peabody Museum, Feburary 2006.
‘Aristotle’s Theology and its Role in the Nicomachean Ethics’, Whitney Humanities Center, Spring, 2005.
‘Prescriptive Realism’, to Philosophy Department, Spring, 2005.
‘Evolutionary Ethics’, Series on Religion and Science, YDS, Fall 2004.
‘Ethics with and without God’, Convocation Address at Yale Divinity School, September, 2003.
Talk to Scholarship Recipients, ‘The Christian and the Intellectual Life’, September 2002.
January Series talk, ‘Does Morality Need God?’, January 2002. Plenary Lecture at Calvin’s 125th anniversary conference, ‘Human Responsibility and Christian Scholarship’, November 2001.
Chapel Talk: ‘Justice in War’, November 2001.
Inner Compass, TV show with James Skillen, 2001.
Chapel Talk: ‘Fellowship’, 2000.
Stob Lectures, Fall 1999.
Chapel Talk: ‘Justice to the Poor’, 1999.
‘Property’, two sessions with Economics Department, 1998.
Chapel Talk, ‘Resident Aliens’, Fall 1997.
c. Musical Activities
Yale Collegium, 2003-
Genevan Psalms and Their Settings, chamber singing group for CD, 1998.
‘Magnificat’ and ‘Nunc Dimittis’, composed and performed with Grand Rapids choir of Men and Boys, October 1998.
Bach Chorale of St. Cecilia, 1996- , Grand Rapids Bach Festival Choir, `March 1997,1999, 2001.
Narrator, West Shore Symphony, December, 1996, 1998, 2000.
‘Magnificat’ and ‘Nunc Dimittis’, Campus Choir, 1995.
Grand Rapids Choir of Men and Boys, 1989- .
College Singers, 1991-92.
‘The Pulley’, composed and performed, 20th Century Music Concert, May 1992.
‘Variations for Cello and Piano’, composed and performed, 20th Century Music Concert, May 1991.
Narrator in ‘Peter and the Wolf,’ with Penn. Sinfonia 1983-85.
Director, Bethlehem A Capella Singers, 1977-1981. Composed music for ‘Cats’ at Rodale Theater, 1978.
Director, Chorus in Sophocles's ‘Antigone,’ 1977.
Member, Bethlehem Bach Choir, 1975-87.
Impressario and pianist, English Music Hall, Allentown Art Museum,
1976-1979 (and elsewhere).
Director, production of Plato's ‘Euthyphro’ in Greek, 1979.
Co-director and Belchazzar in ‘Play of Daniel,’ 1976.
Lehigh String Orchestra 1975-1978.
2. Professional Associations and Activities
Board of The Journal of Religious Ethics, 2006- Board of Editorial consultants of Faith and Philosophy, 2001-05 Board of Society of Christian Philosophers, 1997-2000 Program Committee, American Philosophical Association Central Division, 1996-97. Pew Evangelical Fellowship Election Committee, 1995-96. Editorial Board, American Philosophical Quarterly, Ancient Philosophy, History of Philosophy Quarterly. Member, New York Aristotle Group, 1975-1981. Member, American Philosophical Association. Member, APA Congressional Fellow Selection Committee, 1983-89.
3. Instructional Contributions
Taught courses in Philosophy of Religion, Ancient Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Plato in Greek, Medical Ethics, Military Ethics.
Took Student group to Italy, 1995.
Philosophy Faculty Seminar 1981, 1985.
Regularly offer at least one course per year in Classics Department (including Greek 4, 113, 316), 1974-.
Arranged lecture series on Medical Ethics (5 lectures with respondents), Spring 1978.
4. Continuing Education
Summer colloquium with Karl Ameriks on Kant, Notre Dame 2005. Summer Seminar on Evolutionary Ethics with Phil Clayton and Jeff Schloss, Summer 2001, Calvin College.
Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion and Erasmus Institute Senior Fellowships, 1998-9.
Pew Evangelical Fellowship 1991-2.
Congressional Research Service Seminars on Soviet Union, Arms Control, Central America.
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Visiting Fellow in the Humanities, 1978-1981. Taught course to faculty and students, ‘Medicine and Philosophy,’ and part of freshman course on bioethics.
NEH Summer Institute (6 weeks), Biological and Sociological Perspectives on Human Nature, Colorado, 1977.
Many conferences on Classical Philosophy, i.e., Stanford 1978, Princeton 1976 and 1977, Minnesota 1977.
5. University Service (Yale)
Board, Yale Center for Bioethics Board, Yale Center for Faith and Culture Board, Berkeley Divinity School Member, working Group on Neuroethics Director of Concentration on Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology. Committee on External Recruitment.
(Calvin)
Faculty mentor for Service Learning at Calvin, 1997-98, 99-2000. Faculty mentor for Symposium, student philosophy club, 1989-98. Reading Party originator and organizer in Department. Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Research and Scholarship. Committee on the Use of Animals in Research and Teaching. Graduate Advisor in Department and Member of Committee on Graduate Program. In Department, Member of Special Events Committee and Personnel Committee. Organizer of Department Colloquium, 1990-91, 92-98.
(Lehigh)
Chairperson of College Policy Committee, 1986-1987, member 1984-7. Chairperson of Department, 1985-1989. Major Advisor, 1984-1989. Advisor to Navigators, 1983-1989. Advisor to Philosophy Club, 1983-1985. Search Committee for Dean, 1987-1988. Faculty Associate to Provost, 1984-1985. Search Committee for Classics Position, 1984-1985. Provost's Student Faculty Advisory Board, 1984-1985. Barry Committee on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, 1984-1985. Reading Party (retreat) originator and organizer in Department. Prestige Scholarship Committee, 1976-1987; Chairman, 1979-1985. Hahnemann Selection Committee, 1977-1978. Non-major advisor, 1975-1978.